Expiration of Fixed-Term Contract vs. Abusive Termination Claim

Expiration of Fixed-Term Contract vs. Abusive Termination Claim: An employee, having contracted a fixed-term employment relationship that expired naturally, sought to claim damages alleging that the employer's refusal to offer a new, indefinite-term contract constituted an abusive termination of the professional relationship, which the lower courts rejected, finding that the fixed-term contract's natural expiration could not, by itself, justify a claim for damages for abusive termination absent any other circumstances indicating bad faith or abuse of right by the employer, a decision upheld by the Court of Cassation as it correctly applied the principle that the expiration of a fixed-term contract in accordance with its terms does not constitute a wrongful termination.